Prehistoric six ears against the sky

Chapter 109 Rebellion
After another month, the Chaoge area calmed down, the spring plowing was over, and the farming work was idle. Now it is only necessary to take care of the fields, and the farmers usually spend some time at this time to repair their houses. The current houses are generally earth houses or thatched huts. Sun Ming has no way to improve this for the time being. He really has no experience in building houses. He just needs to see if the craftsmen can burn out bricks.

Sun Ming didn't know about building a kiln, so he could only give an outline, but he didn't know how to burn it, so he could only say that you can burn it casually. As for what can be burned, Sun Ming didn't know, but he reminded the craftsmen, but How to do it, the recipe must be recorded, what is burned at a time, and how much is burned for them to decide, but they must be recorded, and then show him what is burnt.

But so far he has not received any reports on this aspect, and he is not in a hurry. If it doesn't work, he will try the method of refining, but this seems to have little to do with refining, or the six-eared shot can speed up the experiment Speed, but Sun Ming wants the craftsmen to think for themselves.

Sun Ming basically grasped the melting point of gold, silver, copper and iron, but he didn't know the exact temperature, so Sun Ming ordered the craftsmen to collect the fuel again, and he experienced the temperature of these fuels, and this experience It needs to be carried out in a sealed furnace, after all, the combustion temperature of a single fuel will not be high.

The melting point of gold, silver and copper is very low compared to iron, so it is very easy to smelt it with coal. Sun Ming directly ordered the craftsmen to start smelting with coal to extract three relatively pure metals, and these three metals are for the unification of currency Get ready.

Later, Sun Ming was going to experiment with iron smelting, and at the same time, he asked people to study blowers. This was not difficult, but a major incident interrupted Sun Ming's experiment.

That day, Sun Ming was leading the craftsmen to carry out experiments in the Craftsmanship Department. Uncle Wang rushed in hastily, "Your Majesty, something is wrong. Some princes have rebelled."

"Huh?" Sun Ming looked up, and then said, "No hurry, Uncle Wang said slowly."

"Yes, the Beihai Kai Twelve princes rebelled against the merchants. The information came from the caravan. The specific battle report should come later. There are more than 100 princes in the north. Now 72 princes are in rebellion. The northern princes are very popular. Panic." After Wang Shu Bigan finished speaking, he looked at Sun Ming.

Sun Ming didn't understand. He remembered that the rebellion of the princes of the 72nd Route should have been more than ten years before the conferment of the gods. Wen Zhongping spent more than ten years and failed to complete it. He was really speechless on this point.But what happened to the sudden early rebellion now?
"Why did they rebel?" Sun Ming asked.

"The fiefdoms of the 72 princes are barren..." Before Bigan finished speaking, Sun Ming interrupted him directly with a wave of his hand.

"Uncle Wang, is there any barren place in the prehistoric land? Except for the miasma surrounding the North Sea due to the beheading of the black tortoise, basically the north is still rich, and there is no problem with farming. Is it because they exploited too much?"

"Your Majesty, it's true. Originally, they could continue to persevere, so they didn't need to rebel. However, because of our decree, a large number of landless farmers moved to the vicinity of Chaoge, so the population of the princes of Route 72 began to sharpen. Minus, that's why they..."

"Haha, that's how it is. Well, I didn't expect that a decree would allow us to increase our population. I really didn't think of it at the beginning. It's really rare!" Sun Ming laughed out loud.

"My lord, shall we send troops now?"

"Send troops? Why do you want to send troops? Now is not the time for us to do it. The strength of the army has not improved. Sending troops now is just to weaken Chaoge's strength. Call the ministers to the Palace of Political Affairs."

The big bronze bell was rang, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty gathered in the palace, and Sun Minggao sat on the throne, "The princes of Beihai 72 route rebelled, and the caravan sent news. Taishi, is there any news from the military? "

"My Majesty, there is not yet, the border is now calm." Wen Zhong said directly.

"Well, it seems that they haven't called yet, so we have been given time. The prime minister passed on Gu's order to order Beibohou Chonghouhu, Xibohou Jichang, and Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu to send troops to the north in three routes. Put an end to the rebellion." Sun Ming had no intention of sending troops at all, so why would so many princes send troops by themselves?
"My lord, the rebellion of the princes has always been put down by Chaoge's troops, this time..." the grand master asked.

"Chaoge should not move lightly now. The new decree has just been implemented. In order to prevent a rebound, let the three major princes send troops this time, but the border must focus on defense. The rebels must not be allowed to enter the range of Chaoge."

"Yes."

The three princes received Chaoge's order. Although they didn't really want to send troops in their hearts, the order was the order of the king after all. They could just follow the rebellion without sending troops.Beibohou Chonghouhu sent troops directly, because it was a rebellion by others. Although the princes were not in the same relationship, they were basically headed by the four princes, which was tantamount to slapping him in the face.

Dong Bohou Jiang Huanchu is now related to the royal family, so naturally he will not object to anything. After his daughter enters the palace, his status will also rise.This was the reason why Sun Ming asked the two of them to send troops. Naturally, they would not be negligent, and Xibo Hou Jichang would not be able to make excuses. After all, the two princes have sent troops, so he dare not move?

If he doesn't move, he can be sure that Nanbo Hou E Chongyu will receive an order to attack him immediately, and Xiqi will fall into chaos by then.

Ji Chang originally wanted to do a divination, but after taking out the divination tool, he was so restless that he couldn't calm down. This kind of thing had never happened before, so Ji Chang was very worried, then gave up divination, gritted his teeth and directly Send troops.

The princes of Route 72, led by Yuan Futong, rebelled. Chaoge's caravan is now divided into four directions for trade, taking out the things in the palace, and selling them according to different regions. The focus of the exchange is gold, silver, copper and iron.Although Honghuang has a lot of minerals, but the scope of Chaoge is limited, we can only use this method to collect as much as possible. This is part of Sun Ming's plan, and now the prices of the four kinds of ores are very cheap, and often the amount that caravans can exchange is too large. Huge.

The princes were also happy that Chaoge's caravan actually exchanged these useless ores. Naturally, they didn't care about the quantity. Even if some princes thought it was inappropriate, the benefits were right in front of them, and they would naturally not let it go.

The princes of the 72nd Route had just raised their troops. After all, they were not a family. Naturally, it would not be so smooth. First of all, they needed to gather. At this time, the caravan directly heard the news, and the princes suddenly gathered troops. What they didn't say was that they rebelled.

Such news naturally came back very quickly. After they gathered the army, they would naturally have to talk about it. The time should have been enough, but the energy of the caravan to listen to the information was good, so they dug it out directly. The three princes have already dispatched troops .Beibohou Chonghouhu was the closest, and directly carried out a surprise attack head-on, which caught the princes of the 72nd Route by surprise.

Chonghouhu's younger brother, Chongheihu, has some magical powers and supernatural powers. He has an iron-billed eagle, which is so powerful.Originally, the princes of the 72nd Route were quite strong, but after more than ten years of Wen Zhong's crusade, they were still not settled. Sun Ming was not very clear about the reason for this, so it was the best choice to directly send troops to the three major princes.

At the same time, Sun Ming once again ordered that the princes from all walks of life in the north must participate in the encirclement, and directly block the rebel princes such as Yuan Futong in their respective fiefs.The three major princes moved together, and at the same time Beibohou Chonghouhu defeated the opponent at the first stop. Although it was a surprise attack, this battle also served as a warning and encouragement to the princes from all walks of life.

The princes from all walks of life in the north rushed to encircle them. Although their strength was not strong enough to attack, defense was not a problem, which directly reduced the detour space of the princes of the 72nd Route.The armies of Xibohou Jichang and Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu also pressed forward, one left and one right advancing on the two wings of Beibohou Chonghouhu.

Looking at the battle report, Sun Ming probably understood that if Wen Zhong sent troops, it would not be so smooth. It was not because the army was not powerful enough, nor was it that Wen Zhong could not command, but because he did not have the cooperation of the princes.

The battle report was sent by Wen Zhong. After reading it, Sun Ming looked at Wen Zhong and asked, "Grand Master, how long will it take to calm down if you lead the troops?"

"This is very simple, and it will be settled in less than a year." Wen Zhong said confidently, but Sun Ming shook his head after listening.

"The grand master took it for granted. If it is pure strength, it is true that it will not be used for a year, but this time the princes of the 72nd Route are different from the past. Regarding the attitude of the princes of Lu, if Chaoge launches a crusade this time, it will definitely not go smoothly, and it may not be settled in more than ten years."

"Why did your majesty say that?"

"If you send troops to Chaoge, then the other princes in the north may not cooperate with you, and they will not be able to encircle you at that time, but the opponent is familiar with geography. As long as they don't fight you head-on, you will have many difficulties in destroying them. And the rear Liangdao is you Weaknesses, it will be very difficult at that time. Simply relying on Chaoge's [-] troops is definitely not enough, and conscription and food are all problems."

"Then why did the three major princes go so smoothly?" Wen Zhong asked again.

"Hehe, they themselves are the strongest among the princes, and at the same time represent the interests of the princes from all walks of life. They are usually responsible for coordinating things, and they each lead the forces of two hundred princes. Now that they are sending troops, which Zhuge from all walks of life in the north would dare not?" Give them face." Sun Ming stood up at this time, "The princes are the cancer of our Shang Dynasty, and the Chonghou Tiger can sneak attack from the front, which is impossible for my Chaoge army, and only these local snakes can do it. "

"What your majesty said is true, but please be patient for a while. This year's food supply will increase by more than five times, and the increase in population can increase the army again. Sooner or later, we will be able to eliminate all the princes."

"I'm confident about this. It won't take long. Just give Gu five years to clean up the affairs of the princes. By the way, the grand master pays attention to collecting horses. Knights don't need to be trained now, but the horses need to be formed. By then I'm of great use at times."

"Yes, the old minister understands."

(End of this chapter)